Lg Cns Co., Ltd.

Robostar Co., Ltd

Il Chan Yang

In Hwan Ryu

Hak Pyo Lee

Sung Kyu Choi

Ho Joong Lee

Byeong Seung Lee

Provided are an apparatus and method for supplying a light-emitting diode (LED) wafer that may quickly and accurately transfer LED wafers by acquiring position information of pockets in a carrier in which the LED wafers are to be seated. The apparatus may include a cassette in which a plurality of LED wafers are loaded, a carrier including a plurality of pockets in which the LED wafers are seated, an aligning unit to align the LED wafers that are to be seated in the carrier, a transfer robot to transfer the LED wafers from the cassette to the aligning unit, a picker to hold, in an adsorbed state, the LED wafers transferred to the aligning unit, or to release the adsorbed state, a capturing unit to fix the picker, and to acquire position information of the pockets, and an LED wafer loading robot to transfer the picker and the capturing unit from the aligning unit to the carrier. Accordingly, the LED wafers may be quickly and accurately loaded in the carrier and thus, it is possible to reduce a total process time and to significantly lower a defect rate.

Apparatus and method for supplying light-emitting diode (LED) wafer

A light-emitting diode (LED) wafer picker that may increase a suction force and may perform stable adsorption without a concern for contact with a top surface of an LED wafer is provided. An LED wafer picker may include a main body to hold, in an adsorbed state, an LED wafer disposed below the main body, when air drawn in from a top of the LED wafer picker is discharged along a streamlined discharge surface to both sides of the LED wafer picker, a guide member to enable the air to flow along the discharge surface, the guide member being disposed below the discharge surface, a single central hole formed in a central portion of the guide member, excluding a portion facing the discharge surface, and a support portion to support the LED wafer, the support portion extending downward from the guide member. Accordingly, it is possible to easily perform adsorption of an LED wafer that is relatively far from the LED wafer picker. Additionally, it is possible to prevent the top surface of the LED wafer from coming into contact with the guide member, thereby reducing detects due to contamination of foreign substances.

Light-emitting diode (LED) wafer picker

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Ansan-si, South Korea

Il Chan Yang